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WGU-C182 Modified Exam Questions
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Information Technology - answers✔✔The technology used in creating, maintaining, and
making information accessible, which includes the software, data, and computer networks.
Gathering data and processing it into information.
System Administrator - answers✔✔Maintains all aspects of the system including hardware,
software, and programming. Create accounts; train users; secure system; troubleshoot system;
add hardware.
Database Administrator - answers✔✔Focuses on the design, development, management and
support of database management systems (DBMSs).
Duties include software installation, security of data, creation of accounts to access the
database, and configuring the database to be accessible over network.
Network Administrator - answers✔✔Is the person responsible for installation, configuration,
maintenance, securing, and troubleshooting of the computer network.
Work with routers and switches; physical and software troubleshooting; ensuring all
computers can fully utilize the network.
Security Administrator - answers✔✔Installs, configures, and administers firewall security to
protect systems and proactively work to stop intrusions.
Web Administrator - answers✔✔The person in charge of administering, configuring,
installing, monitoring, and troubleshooting the hardware and software of a web server.
Installs, configures, maintains, secures, and troubleshoots web servers.
Help Desk - answers✔✔Provides support to individuals responding to each person's specific
issue. May take place over the phone or via e-mail.
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DIKW - answers✔✔Defines the transition of data to information to knowledge to wisdom.
(Data Information Knowledge Wisdom)
Data of DIKW - answers✔✔The input directly received by the user (or computer). It is
generally not usable until it has been converted into a relevant form.
Can be obtained from a: camera card, bar code reader, pen tablet, or values entered by the
user. Raw form.
Information of DIKW - answers✔✔Once data is processed/analyzed in some way, it becomes
useful information.
Having been inferred from data; one or more processes have been applied to the data to
transform it into a more useful form.
Information System - answers✔✔It is a method for organizing data and can be represented by
a card catalog or filing cabinet.
System does not need to involve technology.
Information Technology - answers✔✔The use of computer's hardware and software.
It's encompassed under information system.
Quality of Data - answers✔✔Relevance, Timely, Thorough, Accurate, Reliable
Thorough - answers✔✔One of the characteristics of quality data is thoroughness. By failing
to gather all the necessary data, you can not access the information you need.
Quality data is thorough, which means that the data must be complete. Data that is not
thorough might contain errors or lapses of data.
Timley - answers✔✔One of the characteristics of quality data is timeliness. When there is a
delay in data, it may no longer be of use or properly serve its purpose. Data must be efficient
and must be provided in a timely manner so that companies can utilize it in their business.
Relevance - answers✔✔Quality data is relevant. This means that the data being used must
apply directly to the decision being made.
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Answers specific questions and fulfills its intended use.
Accurate - answers✔✔Data should be sufficiently accurate for its intended purposes. Where
possible, data should be captured once only, although it may have multiple uses. Accuracy is
most likely to be secured if data is captured as close to the point of activity as possible.
Reliable - answers✔✔Data should reflect stable and consistent data collection processes
across collection points and over time, whether using manual or computer-based systems, or
a combination.
Has been collected and inputted in a consistent manner for a length of time.
IPOS - answers✔✔Input, Processing, Output, Storage
IPOS cycle - answers✔✔Once words, numbers or images are entered, a computer processes
the data into usable information that can then be accessed to answer questions or meet
specific needs.
Input - answers✔✔Raw data is entered by the user.
The process of taking data (e.g., words, numbers, images, sounds) from outside the computer
and bringing it into the computer.
Types of Input are Keyboard, Mouse, Stylus, Webcam, Monitor(touch screen) and Scanner.
Processing - answers✔✔Raw data is organized or structured for usefulness.
Converting the data into information (a meaningful form)
Output - answers✔✔Information output so user can see the results.
Delivering processed data (i.e., information) to the outside world via a monitor, printed pages,
headphones projector or speakers, for example.
19/11/2024 4:10pm
WGU-C182 Modified Exam Questions
And Improved Responses
Information Technology - answers✔✔The technology used in creating, maintaining, and
making information accessible, which includes the software, data, and computer networks.
Gathering data and processing it into information.
System Administrator - answers✔✔Maintains all aspects of the system including hardware,
software, and programming. Create accounts; train users; secure system; troubleshoot system;
add hardware.
Database Administrator - answers✔✔Focuses on the design, development, management and
support of database management systems (DBMSs).
Duties include software installation, security of data, creation of accounts to access the
database, and configuring the database to be accessible over network.
Network Administrator - answers✔✔Is the person responsible for installation, configuration,
maintenance, securing, and troubleshooting of the computer network.
Work with routers and switches; physical and software troubleshooting; ensuring all
computers can fully utilize the network.
Security Administrator - answers✔✔Installs, configures, and administers firewall security to
protect systems and proactively work to stop intrusions.
Web Administrator - answers✔✔The person in charge of administering, configuring,
installing, monitoring, and troubleshooting the hardware and software of a web server.
Installs, configures, maintains, secures, and troubleshoots web servers.
Help Desk - answers✔✔Provides support to individuals responding to each person's specific
issue. May take place over the phone or via e-mail.
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DIKW - answers✔✔Defines the transition of data to information to knowledge to wisdom.
(Data Information Knowledge Wisdom)
Data of DIKW - answers✔✔The input directly received by the user (or computer). It is
generally not usable until it has been converted into a relevant form.
Can be obtained from a: camera card, bar code reader, pen tablet, or values entered by the
user. Raw form.
Information of DIKW - answers✔✔Once data is processed/analyzed in some way, it becomes
useful information.
Having been inferred from data; one or more processes have been applied to the data to
transform it into a more useful form.
Information System - answers✔✔It is a method for organizing data and can be represented by
a card catalog or filing cabinet.
System does not need to involve technology.
Information Technology - answers✔✔The use of computer's hardware and software.
It's encompassed under information system.
Quality of Data - answers✔✔Relevance, Timely, Thorough, Accurate, Reliable
Thorough - answers✔✔One of the characteristics of quality data is thoroughness. By failing
to gather all the necessary data, you can not access the information you need.
Quality data is thorough, which means that the data must be complete. Data that is not
thorough might contain errors or lapses of data.
Timley - answers✔✔One of the characteristics of quality data is timeliness. When there is a
delay in data, it may no longer be of use or properly serve its purpose. Data must be efficient
and must be provided in a timely manner so that companies can utilize it in their business.
Relevance - answers✔✔Quality data is relevant. This means that the data being used must
apply directly to the decision being made.
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Answers specific questions and fulfills its intended use.
Accurate - answers✔✔Data should be sufficiently accurate for its intended purposes. Where
possible, data should be captured once only, although it may have multiple uses. Accuracy is
most likely to be secured if data is captured as close to the point of activity as possible.
Reliable - answers✔✔Data should reflect stable and consistent data collection processes
across collection points and over time, whether using manual or computer-based systems, or
a combination.
Has been collected and inputted in a consistent manner for a length of time.
IPOS - answers✔✔Input, Processing, Output, Storage
IPOS cycle - answers✔✔Once words, numbers or images are entered, a computer processes
the data into usable information that can then be accessed to answer questions or meet
specific needs.
Input - answers✔✔Raw data is entered by the user.
The process of taking data (e.g., words, numbers, images, sounds) from outside the computer
and bringing it into the computer.
Types of Input are Keyboard, Mouse, Stylus, Webcam, Monitor(touch screen) and Scanner.
Processing - answers✔✔Raw data is organized or structured for usefulness.
Converting the data into information (a meaningful form)
Output - answers✔✔Information output so user can see the results.
Delivering processed data (i.e., information) to the outside world via a monitor, printed pages,
headphones projector or speakers, for example.
